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Chinese
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end; finish
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day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
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trad. (終日)
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終
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日
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simp. (终日)
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终
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日
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Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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終
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日
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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zhōng
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rì
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Middle Chinese
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‹ tsyuwng ›
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‹ nyit ›
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Old Chinese
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/*tuŋ/
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/*C.nik/
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English
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end
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sun; day
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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終
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日
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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No.
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2428
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10845
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Phonetic component
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冬
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日
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Rime group
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終
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質
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Rime subdivision
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0
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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終
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日
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Old Chinese
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/*tjuŋ/
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/*njiɡ/
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Noun
終日
- (literary) the whole day; all day long; all the time
很多工人都是終日勞作卻不得溫飽。 [MSC, trad.]
很多工人都是终日劳作却不得温饱。 [MSC, simp.]- Hěn duō gōngrén dōu shì zhōngrì láozuò què bùdé wēnbǎo.
- Many workers work all day without being able to meet their basic needs for living.
Synonyms
- 一天 (yītiān) (colloquial)
- 全天 (quántiān)
- 全日 (quánrì) (formal, usually a working day)
- 成天 (chéngtiān)
- 成日 (chéngrì) (formal or colloquial Cantonese)
- 整天 (zhěngtiān)
- 整日 (zhěngrì) (formal)
- 盡日/尽日 (jìnrì) (literary)
- 鎮日/镇日 (zhènrì) (literary)
- 竟日 (jìngrì) (literary)
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
Etymology 1
Adverb
終日 • (hinemosu)
- all day long, for a whole day
Etymology 2
Noun
終日 • (shūjitsu)
- the whole day, all of the day